New Year Honours 1982
John Vernon Chadwick MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Ministry of Defence
Organisation: Ministry of Defence
“For services to the community in Winchelsea.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the community in Winchelsea.
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“For services to the community in Winchelsea.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the community in Winchelsea.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 402 times in the New Year Honours List 1982 — about 34% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1982
Adeline Semple
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Agnes Patricia Gibbons
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Agnes Templeton McINDOE
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Alan Bernard William Taylor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Director of Music
Alan Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to Cricket in Wales.”
Alan Peter Matthews
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Royal Air Force
Alan Southcombe Parker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Albert Atkinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to Export.”
Albert Edward Parr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
President
Albert Henry Chattin
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Member
Albert James Joscelyne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Albert John Thomas Tyrrell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For Political and Public Service in Greater London.”
Albert Rodrigues-Pereira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Albert Victor Fisher
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Alec Taylor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Alfred David George Wallen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Alfred Louis Martinuzzi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to the community.”
Alistair Hamilton Robb
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to the Brit- ish community in Lisbon.”
Alistair Jonathan Lyall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Royal Navy
Allan Howard Vaughan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Royal Air Force
Allan Wipper Wells
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to Athletics.”
Amal Kumar Ganguly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
Amicia Vere Carroll
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to child care, particularly in Hampshire.”
Amos WHITTAKER.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1982
“For services to the blind in Swadlincote and District, Burton-on-Trent.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
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Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1982
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1982 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1981.
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